Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Garrison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1879PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error from Miami District Court. Action brought by Thompson against Garrison and three others, to recover $395, with interest, a balance alleged to be due from defendants to plaintiff for his services as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Paola, Kansas. Trial at the October Term, 1878, of the district court, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here for review. O.ther facts are set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
In this case a demurrer to the petition was sustained, and of this ruling plaintiff complains. The material portion of the petition is as follows:
“And now comes the said plaintiff, and complains of the said defendants, and alleges that heretofore, to wit, on the first day of February, A. D. 1875, the defendants executed and delivered to the plaintiff a written obligation, in the words and figures following, to wit:
“The congregation of the First Presbyterian church of Paola, Kansas, being on sufficient grounds well satisfied of the…
2Cited by2 opinions
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